Collar-buttoner.



W. GOLDSTEIN. COLLAR. BUTTONER.

I APPLICATION FILED MAY 29, 1912.

Patented J an 13, 1914.

WILLIAM GOLDSTEIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COLLAR-BUTTONER.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 13, 1914.

Application filed May 29, 1912. Serial No. 700,475.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, l/VILLIAM Gotosrnm, a citizen of the United States, residing at 1698 Madison avenue, New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Collar-Buttoners, of which the following is a specification. l

The general object of the invention is to admit of the easy insertion of the collar button connecting the lapping parts of the collar band of a shirt, into the button holes of the lapping parts of a collar. And to this end the invention consists in a collar buttoner adapted to interlock with and surround the head of the front collar button and to pass through and gradually expand the button holes of the collar until the head of the collar button has passed through the said button holes.

Other objects will appear and be better understood from that embodiment of the in vention of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof and in which Figure 1 is a plan View of the device connected to a collar button. Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but with the collar button moved. Fig. 0 is a view similar to Fig. 2 but showing the reverse face. Fig. 4L is an enlarged detail end view of the device.

The device forming the subject matter of the present invention and designated in the drawings generally by a may be formed of any material found suitable for the purpose such as metal.

The head 5 is preferably fiat with its opposite sides 6-6 converging so as to provide a pointed end which will readily separate and pass between the sides of the button holes of a collar. In forming the heads 6, care is taken to make the same relatively thin and sufficiently narrow so that its sides will not contact with the ends of the button hole when the head passes through the central portion of such hole.

The shank or body 7 is preferably tapered with its narrow end somewhat less in width than the head 5 the central portion of which is, by preference, formed integral. At its point of juncture with the head 5 the shank a is flattened to the thickness of the said head but from a point slightly beyond this point of juncture, the said shank begins to assume an oval contour in section and such cross sectional contour remains the same to the free end of the shank. By this peculiar cross sectional contour of the shank, the formation of sharp edges which will have a tendency to tear the ends of the button hole, is prevented. Moreover, this peculiar cross sectional contour of the shank admits of the shank expanding the button hole or causing it to assume somewhat circular shape as the shank passes therethrough. The free end portion of the shank is hollow and provided with a longitudinally extending key-hole slot 8, the narrow end portion of which opens through the free end of the shank. The key-hole slot 8 is preferably formed in the obverse face of the shank as shown in Fig. 2, while a longitudinally eX- tending slot 9, somewhat less in length than the key-hole slot 8, is formed in the reverse face of the shank 7 as shown in Fig. 3.

hen used in connection with a collar button having a spherical head as indicated by 10 in Fig. 1, said head may, when the shank is held at right angles to the axis of the button, be introduced into the enlarged portion of the key-hole slot 8, and when so introduced, one segment of the button will project through the slot 9. Therefore, the portion of the slot 9 admits of reducing the cross sectional area of the free end portion of the shank to a minimum, thus reducing the weight of the device to a minimum. The free edge portion 11 of the shank is turned inwardly so as to contract the opening in the end of a shank to less than the diameter of the head 10 of the button as shown in Fig. 1. In use and with the collar button inserted through the over-lapping parts of the collar band of the shirt and with the collar connected to'the back collar button in the back of the neck band of the shirt, the operator holding the shank at right angles to the front collar button and with the key-hole slot 8 presented to the last named collar button, introduces the head 10 into the enlarged portion of the key-hole slot 8. \Vith the shank still at right angles to the collar button, the operator then slides the shank until the head 10 abuts the inturned portion 11, and the adjacent end of the slot 9 which serves to prevent the device from being casually disengaged from the button when in use. This done, the operator then turns the device into a position coaxial with the collar button as shown in Fig. 1. The head 5 is then passed through the button holes off the lapping parts of the collar and pulled until the free end of the shank is beyond the said overlapping parts, after which the device is turned at right angles to the collar button and moved until the head 10 is within the enlarged part of the key-hole slot 8, whereupon the buttoner is moved outwardly and away from the collar button, leaving the base of the head 10 of the collar button hearing on the sides of the button hole of the overlying flap of the collar.

\Vhat I claim as new is A collar ;buttoner comprising a tapered shank having a flat tapered head atone end, said shank at its point of juncture with said end being flattened to a thickness equal to said head and elliptical in contour slightly beyond said point of juncture with said head and for the remaining portion of its length, the other end being hollow and with an opening in the end face, said shank having a longitudinal key hole slot in one side and terminating at one end thereof in the end opening, there being inturned portions at the juncture of the slot and opening, and said shank having its opposite side provided with a parallel slot of substantially the same length as the first mentioned slot and terminating adjacent the end of the shank whereby the end of said last mentioned slot and said inturned portions serve to prevent casual disengagement of the device from the button when in use.

In testimony whereof I have atfixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN A. DONEGAN, MAX J. DAVIDSON.

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